Dispensing pouch or package



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ON, OF BROOKIE'N, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO COMBINATION COMPANY, OF YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

DISPENSING FOUGH OR PACKAGE.

Application filed Dece-mber l, 1922. Serial Ito. 604,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN PE'rnnsoN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Pouches or Packages, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention relates to a container especially adapted for the packaging of small quantities of tobacco or similar commodities, and especially to a dispensing closure for such containers, and also to other features of tobacco or similar packages adapted for carrying in a garment ocket.

The invention comprises improvements in the form of closure shown in my previous application- Serial No. 465,898 filed April 30,.

1921, and additional features, as explained hereafter."

An important object of the lnvention is to provide improved means for fastening the month end of a tobacco pouch of paper or dil kill) similar fibrous sheet material so as to provide a suitable closure for the pduch, and at the same time provide more efi'ectively for the opening of the discharge aperture in the month end of the pouch when the pouch is properly manipulated to discharge the contents.

Another object .is' to provide a package including an inserted iece of stiffening material such as a card w ich aids in maintain ing the desired form of the package prior to its opening by the consumer, in cooperation with a dispensing closure arranged to permit the card to be easily withdrawn when the package is opened.

The characteristics and advantages of the invention are further suficiently explained.

in connection with the following detail description of the accompanying drawings, which show one exem lifying embodiment of the invention. A 'ter considering this embodiment, it will be evident that variations in structure can be made, and I do not limit myself to details, except as claimed.

In the drawings: I Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a complete closed package.

Fig. 2 is a section of the upper portion of the package at 22, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the upper .end of the container with the neck 01' month portion unr lled.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail section at 44=,

Fig. 3. i

ig. 5 is a section at 5-5, Fig. 3.

F 1g. 6 is a perspective view showing the manipulation of the package for dischargmg the contents. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the upper end of the package showing a slightly modified dispensing opening and sufficiently illustrating a 'multi-ply pouch wall construction.

The complete package as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive comprises a bag or pouch 10 of substantially rectangular and oblong form filled with tobacco 11 or other granular or comminuted material, and having an upper neck portion 12-shown extended in Fig. 3, which in the completed package is folded or rolled substantially flat on the upper end of the package as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and secured in. any suitable way, for instance by a revenue stamp 13, Fig. 1. Desirably, although not necessarily in all cases, a piece of fairly strong and stiff material such as a card 14 (Figs. 2 and 5), is placed on top of the contents just below the rolled or folded neck 12.

The pouch 10 is, made of any suitable material, usually flexible fibrous sheet material and pa r of suitable grade and thickness is usual y themost desirable material for the purpose. form of a bag having a closed substantially fiat bottom 15, broad sides .16 and 17, narrow' ends 18, and a narrow top 19, all these faces of .the package being most conveniently of substantially rectangular form. The

upper or neck portion of the pouch is creased,

to provide inwardly extending or tuck folds 20-.(Figs. 3 and 5).

The upper portions of the pouch sides 16 and 17 lie close together when the neck is extended, as best shown in Fig. 3, and after the pouch is filled and the card 14 inserted, when such a card is used, fastening devices such as the clips 21 are applied to the upper marginal portions of the neck near each end thereof to hold the sides firmly together for some distance from each end of the neck portion toward the center. These fastening devices may vary greatly, butin a preferred embodiment of the invention they consist of sheet metal clips having sides 22 and 23 connected by a bendable portion 24. The one side member 22 is provided with inwardly ma ly the clips are pro need in more or less ends, rangement I I of the neck 1 manipulation of the open form with the prongs straight and r0- jecting inward, and they are so applie to the bag neck in the ositions shown in Fig. 3, and then presse bent into parallel positionas shown in Fig. 4, and at the same time the prongs are forced through I the bag neck material and are bent upward in the prong sockets 26. The clips are thus firmly locked in po- I. sition and" the bag mouth or neck is firmly secured with its side portions in fiat contact for some distance inward from the outer as shown in Fig. 3. This fastening arleaves an intermediate portion side members free, forminga dispensing opening 30 which may in some cases consist of the normally strai ht edges ofthe bag side material or more esirably, as shown in Fig.3, the edges of the bag sides are cut inward somewhat, usually with a shallow curvature. Normally the edges remain in flat contact between the fastening devices 21 The bag neck is then folded or rolled-com actly on top of the package, as shown in igs. 1'. and 2. When the'card 14 has been previously inserted, as above described, it serves to maintain the upper end of the package in the desired rectangular form, for convenience'in labelling or other packages, and packing the-packages in cartons or boxes.

When it is desired to utilize the contents of the package, the upper or neck portion of the pouch is unrolled revenue stamp or other seal or which may be used to hold it in-rolled or folded position, and pressure is ap lied substantiallyat ornear the ends of t e fastening devices 21, whereupon the dispensing opening 30 is spreader gaped'open as shown in Fig. 6 and the desired amount of the con tents maybe poured out into a pipe bowl or cigarette paper. The vstifi fastening devices 21 assist materially in localizing the pressure appliedin opening thepackage, so that the bending efiect is appliedto the opening 30, and the marginal portions of the neck adjacent totheopening are caused to bulge divergently to produce a suitable discharge fastening %pening of substantially the shape shown in I 1 6. en an internal supporting member such as the card 14 is used, it has to be withdrawn as soon as the sharply bent ackage is first opened, and this withdrawal is easily accomplished by applying pressure to the end walls 18 of the package opposite the ends of the card suflicient'to cause the card to buckle or break upwardly near its center. This buckled or portion of the card can then by suitable tools or merely by pressure of the fingers of the operator, whereupon the side portions of the clip are previous example,

after breaking the the sealing strip easily be grasped through the dispensihg' opening 30, and the card bent still more until its end portions are substantially parallel, and the card can then be easily removed through the opening and thrown away, leaving the contents free to be discharged as required in the manner previously described.

The above identified application describes the material which may be used for making the pouch. Multi-ply or moisture-prooted material such as described in that applica tion may be used in the pouch as shown in Figs. 1 to 6, but for the sake of simplicity in the drawing, the pouch material is shown as consisting of a single thickness or sheet of material. Fig. 7 sufliciently illustrates a multi-ply construction in which the outer layer of material may be as described in connection with the preceding'figures, and another or inner layer-of sheet material 40 may be located within the outer material. When this inner material is extended to the upper end of the pouch, the pouch walls adjacent to the dispensing opening are of multi-ply construction as clearly shown in Fig; 'Z. In this embodiment of the invention, the closure clips 21 are relatively shorter than in the leaving room for a somewhat longer dispensing opening 30, and the shape of this opening-is also somewhat modified, the modification consisting. in cutting the material down substantially parallel to the inward ends of the fastening clips and then cutting the material straight across to provide a substantially straight-edged dispensing opening substantially in line with the lower edges of the clips 21.

In addition to stifiening the ouch end or mouth adjacent to the dispensing opening, and thus facilitating the spreading of the opening 'for. the discharge of the package contents, the closure clips 21 of sheet metal or othersubstantially stiff material are more easily and economically manipulated and applied to 'the package in some cases than material employed in the above-identified application. claim: 1. A dispensing container comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material having a neck with'separable outward or mouth margins normally in flatwise contact, and separate fastening clips of relatively stifi sheet material securing the opposite neck margins together at the sides thereof, closing end portions of the mouth and leaving'a dispensing opening between the. clips which may be sprung divergently by .endwise pressure. f

,2. A dispensing container comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material having a neck with outward ormouth margins normally in separable'fiatwise contact, and

of relatively flexible sheet sheet metal fastening clips securing the opposite neck margins together at the sides iii? and leaving a dispensing openin between the clips which may be sprung divergently by pressure applied in the endwise direction of the clips.

3. A dispensing container comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material having side and end walls terminating in a neck consisting of the side Walls and the inwardly folded end walls, the end margins of the side Walls being secured in contact by fasteners of relatively stifi sheet material located near the ends of said margins and closing end ortions of the container mouth, the side wal edges intermediate the fasteners constituting a distensible dispensing opening.

4. A dispensing container comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material having side and end wall to enclose the container contents, the walls terminating in a foldable neck consisting of the side walls and the inwardly folded end walls, the end margins of the side Walls being secured in contact by sheet-metal fasteners having connected side portions and prongs passing through the pouch walls, said fasteners being located near the ends of said margins, the side wall edges intermediate the fasteners being shaped to form a dispensing opening.

5. A tobacco package comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material in substantially rectangular and flat form and rectangular horizontal cross-section and closely fitting the contents of granulated or oomminuted curing edges of the neck mouth in fiatwise contact with an intermediate dispensing opening between said fastening members,

and a stifi'ening card of bendable material on top of the contents within the pouch, the pouch neck being folded compactly down upon the card, the dispensing opening 4 being distendable to permit easy removal of the card by bending the later after the pouch neck is unfolded.

6. A tobacco package comprising a pouch of flexible sheet material in substantially rectangular and fiat form and elongated, rectangular, horizontal cross section and closely fitting the contents of granulated or comminuted tobacco, the pouch having an upper neck portion terminating in a dispensing closure which includes sheetmetal fastening members-securing edges of the neck mouth in fiatwise contact and closing end portions of said mouth with an intermediate dispensing owning between said fastening members, and a stifiening card of breakable material on top of the contents within the pouch, the pouch neck being folded compactly down upon the card, the dispensing opening being distend able to permit easy removal of the card by bending the latter after the pouchneck is unfolded.

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